Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
 मागें बहुत जाले खेळ । आतां बळ वोसरलें ॥1॥
 हालों नये चालों आतां । घट रिता पोकळ ॥ध्रु.॥
 भाजल्याची दिसे घडी । पट ओढी न साहे ॥2॥
 तुका ह्मणे पाहतां घडी । जगा जोडी अंगारा ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Many games have been played in the past, but now the strength has waned. I cannot walk or move anymore; this vessel is empty and hollow. It shows the crease of one who has been scorched; it cannot bear even a gentle tug. Says Tuka, when you look at this body, all it offers the world is ashes.
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